Record ID: NLM-8622B4
Object type: MEDAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
White metal medal. Milled medal for a player in the Army Football Association (founded 1888) Cup. The badge bears a shield with the Arms of England with a crowned lion standing left as crest, with sprigs of laurel, within a border with the legend: ARMY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION CUP, crowned. On the reverse, there are three stamps resembling hallmarks and a maker's stamp reading: C & Co. There is also a two liner legend rendered by a tool or technique which has left finely billeted impressions: WD WR / / CPL I [or T] OWEN, presumably standing for War Department West Riding, and the rank and…
Created on: Tuesday 18th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thorpe Audlin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM107
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Head from a cast copper alloy brooch of trumpet type, most of bow and foot missing. Plain, expanded head around the edge of which is an incised line, Hinge type pin mechanism, part of pin surviving. Loop, now broken, extending from head, it is encircled by a strip of copper alloy across the face of which are two transverse lines. Length 33.3mm, Width 22.5mm, Height 20.3mm, Mass 11.80g
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 1998
Last updated: Thursday 19th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WAKEFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM108
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Pierced coin, probably a sestertius, beyond recognition, some traces of the bust can be seen above which is an elongated hole 5.5 x 3.2mm. The date at which the coin was pieced is open to question. Diameter 30.5mm, Mass 15.85g. Perforated Roman coins tend to be a feature of Early Medieval sites and contexts.
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 1998
Last updated: Thursday 19th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WAKEFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM109
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy plate brooch, oval and decorated with two concentric ridges. Remains of two attachments on back. Lentth 27.8mm, Width 23.6mm, Mass 3.76g
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 1998
Last updated: Thursday 19th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WAKEFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM110
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy buckle, square frame with an expanded outer face bearing multiple transverse mouldings and a central pin notch. In London buckles of this form were found in contexts dating to 1350-1400 (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 96, Fig. 61). Length 18.4mm, Width 21.7mm, Mass 5.82g.
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 1998
Last updated: Thursday 19th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WAKEFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM111
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy buckle, two oval loops in a 'spectacle' format, some indications of oblique lines decorating the loops, narrowed bar, with a small finial at each end. The frame is not flat, the two loops are raised above the line of the central bar. Section generally pear shaped, Some traces of gilding . Length 39.6mm, Width 25.2mm, Mass 8.42g
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 1998
Last updated: Thursday 19th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WAKEFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM112
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy buckle, two oval loops in a spectacle format, plain with small projections each side of the central bar. Section generally triangular, wrap around pin present. Frame not flat, the two loops are raised up above the level of the central bar. Length 32.3mm, Width 22.9mm, Mass 4.25g.
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 1998
Last updated: Thursday 19th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WAKEFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM113
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy buckle, double looped 'spectacle' type. Section of hoops flat and slightly concave/convex. Side of frame raised above the level of the central bar. Length 24.8mm, Width 20.0mm, Mass 3.24g
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 1998
Last updated: Thursday 19th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WAKEFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM117
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead spindle whorl, discoidal, roughly finished, only one side decorated. Diameter 31.0mm, Inside diameter 10.0mm, Thickness 11.0mm, Mass 58.44g.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd June 1998
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WAKEFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM165
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead spindle whorl, flattened biconical, both sides decorated, one side bears radiating chevron ribs set with pellets, the other is covered with pellets only, Diameter 29.2mm, Inside diameter 9.0mm, Thickness 12.2mm, Mass 45.80g
Created on: Tuesday 9th June 1998
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WAKEFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM166
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead spindle whorl, both sides same decoration, seven segments, groups of three dots in each. Diameter 33.3mm, Inside diameter 10.0mm, Thickness 13.4mm, Mass 44.68g
Created on: Tuesday 9th June 1998
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WAKEFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM170
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy mount or stud, truncated circular shaft 12.0mm diameter expanding into a 21.9mm diameter cup like disc in the centre of which is conical projection. Length 25.9mm, Mass 18.85g
Created on: Tuesday 9th June 1998
Last updated: Tuesday 24th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WAKEFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM171
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a cast copper alloy purse bar with an inscription, originally inlaid in silver, on both faces. Section generally rectangular 10 x 4mm, the surviving terminal has a round section. On the underside are two integrally cast loops. The inscription reads: AV: MARIA [Ave Maria - Gracia Plena] Hail mary -full of Grace -TECVM [Dominus - Tecum] The Lord is with you Length 80.9mm, Mass 25.03g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th June 1998
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WAKEFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM172
Object type: NUT CRACKERS
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy nut crackers, lightly made with moulded decoration. Nut crackers of this type appear in trade catalogues of early twentieth century date. Length 38mm, Mass 54.94g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th June 1998
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WAKEFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM173
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead spindle whorl, flattened cylindrical with rounded upper and lower faces, hole 10mm diameter, undecorated. Diameter 26.2mm, Thickness 14.7mm, Mass 66.58g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th June 1998
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WAKEFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM175
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead ampulla, flower design on one face, the other bears a lattice and illegible lettering. Two side lugs, both damaged. Length 51.5mm, Width 28.1mm, Mass 42.61g
Created on: Tuesday 9th June 1998
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WAKEFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM176
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a cast copper alloy strap end buckle of lyre shape. What survives is the integral, box type plate the face of which is an incised black letter P set on a field of incised, conjoined, chevrons. The plate was separated from the lyre shaped buckle by a deep transverse groove marked by two mouldings. Through the plate are the remains of two iron rivets. Length 27.4mm, Width 20.6mm, Thickness 6.0mm, Mass 11.63mm.
Created on: Tuesday 9th June 1998
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WAKEFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4EF8E5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Central boss of blue and green enamel with curvilinear decoration no a recessed outer section with four mounts for stones, four lugs around the outside one has remains of a white stone. On the reverse there in the remains for the pin mount, the catch plate for the pin has broken off in its life time and has been repaired with a folded silver strip riveted into place. See SF-16D477 on this database
Created on: Tuesday 21st October 2003
Last updated: Friday 22nd January 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-BDF6C3
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy possible pilgrim badge. Cast openwork circular badge with features in low relief on both sides. A low knop at the edge may represent the stub of a pin or, less likely, a suspension loop. The openwork form would also permit sewn attachment. Features common to both sides are the circular frame and three vertical features: the central one has a triangular feature on its top [or base], while the other two are shorter and probably bent at their tops [or bases] to meet the frame. The framing element has inner and outer borders and on the more detailed side is subdivided by rib…
Created on: Thursday 25th June 2015
Last updated: Thursday 25th June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ferrybridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-97F12C
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy spoon fragment. Cast rounded terminal from a spoon handle, bearing white metal plating. Four stamped maker's marks on the back are presumably intended to resemble hallmarks, which they are not. In angular or shield-shaped hollows, they read: [-]/ &/ A / S / PEP; the first three in a Gothic script, the last group of smaller letters in modern style. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1940 Length: 28.2mm, Width: 15.1mm, Thickness: 1.8mm, Weight: 4.65gms
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 25th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Elmsell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-9814AA
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button. Flat discoid probably die-stamped button with the stub of a separate loop projecting from a boss on the back. The front bears an open lattice of rhomboid figures defined by the intersection of straight lines grouped in fours, within a narrow border. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900 Diameter: 24.2mm, Thickness (at edge): 0.8mm, Weight: 3.21gms
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 25th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Elmsell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-982543
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy seed drill spoon. A small cast spoon with a rounded bowl with a flat border and a low concave centre, with a lightly tapered stem of lentoid or rhomboid section. It is suggested this may be a small version of a spoon from the rotating mechanism of a seed drill, where multiple spoons mounted on a drum would take seeds from a hopper. Seed drill spoons are more usually larger, more robust and with bowls of hemispherical form. This may be from an earlier, and possibly man-portable and hand-operated, version of drill. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800 Length: 24.1mm,…
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 25th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Elmsell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-982F30
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver coin. An indeterminate low denomination of hammered silver coin, with an inner circle and indistinct lettering on either side. Possibly an issue of Elizabeth I (1558-1603); if so, probably either three-halfpence or, perhaps more likely given the heavy wear, a halfgroat. Diameter: 16.8mm, Weight: 0.73gms
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 25th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Upton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-984416
Object type: CRUCIFIX
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy crucifix. Stamped pendant in the form of a Celtic or wheel-headed cross with bordered curvilinear vegetal motifs occupying its arms and traces of closely-spaced rays on the wheel head. Gilded. A suspension loop has broken from the top. Suggested date: Modern, 1920-1970 Height: 25.4mm, Width: 17.2mm, Thickness: 0.7mm, Weight: 1.25gms
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 25th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Upton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-984D7C
Object type: DISC
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy disc. A probably milled disc, plain on both sides and too thin to be a coin. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1750-1900 Diameter: 36.5mm, Thickness: 0.6mm, Weight: 2.65gms
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 25th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Upton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-985866
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount. Cast plain concavo-convex hollow mount or boss with the stub of a central fixing pin in the concave back. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1800 Diameter: 28.5mm, Height (i.e. protrusion): 9.3mm, Thickness: 1.2mm, Weight: 8.64gms
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 25th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Elmsall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-9866E1
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button. Probably die-stamped discoid concavo-convex button with a drawn wire loop in its hollow back. A stamped design on the front resembles a Garter band, though the motif it encloses is uncertain, and could suggest this to come from a uniform. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900 Diameter: 12.9mm, Height (i.e. protrusion, clear of loop): 3.4mm, Thickness: 0.5mm, Weight: 1.22gms
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 25th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Elmsall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-98879C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin. Milled halfpenny, probably of George II (1727-1760), issue of 1729-1754. Obverse description: Bust left. All other detail lost. Diameter: 27.0mm, Weight: 6.76gms
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 25th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Upton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-98966D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap fitting. Cast flat rectangular loop with a short [8.4mm] stalk projecting from the middle of one of its longer sides; the stalk terminates in a pair of rounded protrusions. The protrusion may have served as a fastener, perhaps passing through a slit in a leather strap. The opposite long edge is slightly concave on its outer side, perhaps through wear. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1700 Length: 32.5mm, Width: 28.1mm, Thickness: 2.7mm, Weight: 7.84gms
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 25th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Upton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-98A2BA
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy badge fragment. Pressed metal badge fragment, comprising a cushion crown or Crown Imperial, with its upper edge formed by a single curving arch to either side of the central projection, and with twin vertical strands rising half way up the crown within its frame. Broken along its lower edge. This could have surmounted a Regimental badge, though it does not precisely match any Regimental badge from among those illustrated in detail by the 1900 Dress Regulations for the Officers of the Army [Including the Militia], (War Office, HMSO, reprinted by David and Charles, London, …
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 4th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Badsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-1A3364
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead shot. A cast ball with heavily abraded surface; patinated. The mass may suggest this to have been for use with a light fowling piece or 'rook and rabbit' gun. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800 Diameter (long axis): 10.7mm, Weight: 5.10gms
Created on: Wednesday 31st July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 31st July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Badsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-1A3EA3
Object type: DISC
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy disc fragment. About one quarter of a thin flat discoid object. A possible plain flat rim appears on one side; the other is now entirely plain. The reduction of the object to a quartile would seem difficult to achieve with a copper alloy coin unless it were very fiercely worn before a break was attempted. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Post-Medieval, 43-1800 Diameter (inferred): 28.5mm, Thickness (at rim): 1.5mm, Weight: 1.47gms
Created on: Wednesday 31st July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 31st July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Badsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AAEB68
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy furniture fitting. A cast plate with trilobate and knopped ends and a drilled fixing point at either end. A curved handle with expanded terminal is seated at the centre of one trefoil end, with a lug or rivet passing from its narrower end through the plate; the narrow end is also decorated with a moulded leaf. The expanded terminal does not appear to have been attached to the plate. Both plate and handle have thick moulded borders of cabled form, with thicker strands on the plate and thinner strands on the handle. The prominence of these motifs might hint at a maritime as…
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AB1E95
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button. Pressed metal hollow uniform button front of plano-convex section with an incurved rim on the back. The front bears the motif of a spoked wheel within a Garter Band and surmounted by a crown; slight traces of white metal plating appear. Suggested date: Modern, 1910-1940. Diameter: 16.5mm, Height (i.e. protrusion): 5.2mm, Weight: 1.90gms
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AB283B
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Cast flat discoid weight; patinated, with deep and recent gouge on one edge. The mass may suggest this to have represented two averdepois ounces. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1800 Diameter: 38.2mm, Thickness: 4.9mm, Weight: 54.93gms
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AB3418
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible button fragment. A probably die-stamped hemispherical hollow possible button front, plain and retaining a black shiny coating on its display side. This might alternatively be part of a cuff link. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800 Diameter: 12.1mm, Height (i.e. protrusion): 5.5mm, Thickness: 1.5mm, Weight: 1.82gms
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AB3D70
Object type: ROD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy rod. Cast round section rod with one rounded end, possibly broken at the other. Patinated, and fiercely abraded. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1900 Length: 57.1mm, Diameter: 10.7mm, Weight: 27.98gms
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AB51C4
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy unidentified object. Solid cast cylindrical object with a broad studded collar close to one flat end, and expanded with a conical terminal whence projects a rectangular-section lug with broken end at the other. Here, though in appearance only, it resembles the mouthpiece of a whistle. Patinated. It seems likely the flat lug may have continued for some length, and the studded collar at the surviving terminal may hint at a mechanical function involving engagement with other components, perhaps as a spindle. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1900 Length: 45.6mm, Diameter:…
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AB5E3E
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy furniture fitting. A conical lathe-finished cup resembling a miniature bucket with three equidistantly distributed drilled holes of diameter c.6mm below a flat-topped and everted rim, the holes being set across the upper one of two circumferentially inscribed lines; all these holes are lightly countersunk. The flat base has a circumferential groove on its outer side which is partly filled with rust, and rust also fills a central hole and is extruded within, all features which suggest this object had been attached at its base to another component of, or fastened by, ferrou…
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Thursday 19th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AB6848
Object type: WATCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy watch winder. A probably die-stamped winding key, with a circular round-section loop with opposed lugs: one a stepped winding key. A larger [diameter 22mm] ring of composite construction retaining some of its original tensile strength passes through the central loop of the key, and itself has a small [now] open ring threaded onto it. This appears to represent the repair, and ultimately the loss or discard, of a watch winder's attachment to a fob chain. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900 Length (of key): 22.8mm, Weight: 4.08gms
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemsworth', grid reference and parish protected.